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David Ford (canoeist)

{{short description|Canadian slalom canoeist|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|3|23}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Sport|Men's canoe slalom}}

{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}

{{Medal|Comp|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 La Seu d'Urgell|K1}}

{{Medal|Silver|2003 Augsburg|K1}}

}}

David Watson Ford (born March 23, 1967, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian slalom canoeist who has competed since the mid-1980s and is still actively competing. He is Canada's most successful slalom paddler.

Career

Ford has won two medals in the K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. In 1999 he became the first non-European to win the World Championship title.{{cite web|last1=Beck|first1=Jason|title=David Ford|url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/david-ford/|website=BCSportsHallofFame.com|publisher=BC Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=26 August 2014}} Ford followed up with a World Championship silver in 2003. In 2003 he also won the overall World Cup title in K1.{{cite web|title=David Ford|url=http://www.canoekayak.ca/english/athlete/show/49|website=canoekayak.ca|publisher=Canoe Kayak Canada|accessdate=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827102708/http://www.canoekayak.ca/english/athlete/show/49|archive-date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead}} He was named Male Athlete of the Year at the 2003 Canadian Sport Awards, and was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

Ford has competed in five Summer Olympics, earning a fourth-place finish in the K1 event in Athens in 2004. He had a sixth-place finish in the same event in 2008 in Beijing. Ford could not get a sixth appearance in the 2012 Summer Olympics, as of his elbow tendons had ruptured prior to the qualifier, and with no time for the required surgery, countless injections were unable to produce an adequate result for him to paddle to his abilities.[http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/skiing/opinion/2012/04/david-ford-whitewater-trailblazer.html David Ford: Whitewater trailblazer]

World Cup individual podiums

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| style="width:2%; background-color:#4180be; color:white;"|Total

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!Season

!Date

!Venue

!Position

!Event

1991align=right| 6 July 1991align=left| Augsburgbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
1992align=right| 7 June 1992align=left| Meranobgcolor=gold|1stK1
1995align=right| 1 October 1995align=left| Ocoeebgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
1998align=right| 2 August 1998align=left| Wausaubgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
2001align=right| 5 August 2001align=left| Praguebgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
rowspan=3| 2002align=right| 26 May 2002align=left| Guangzhoubgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
align=right| 28 July 2002align=left| Tacenbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
align=right| 15 September 2002align=left| Tibagibgcolor=gold|1stK1
rowspan=2| 2003align=right| 11 May 2003align=left| Penrithbgcolor=gold|1stK1
align=right| 3 August 2003align=left| Bratislavabgcolor=cc9966|3rdK1
2004align=right| 30 May 2004align=left| Meranobgcolor=silver|2ndK1
2005align=right| 27 August 2005align=left| Kern Riverbgcolor=gold|1stK11
2006align=right| 20 August 2006align=left| Madawaskabgcolor=gold|1stK11
2009align=right| 3 August 2009align=left| Kananaskisbgcolor=cc9966|3rdK11

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1 Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

Personal life

On April 25, 2009, Ford married Canadian alpine skier Kelly VanderBeek. They have a son, Cooper.{{cite web|last1=Kingston|first1=Gary|title=David Ford refuses to hang up his paddle|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/David+Ford+refuses+hang+paddle/9855890/story.html|website=vancouversun.com|publisher=Vancouver Sun|accessdate=26 August 2014|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817154459/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/david+ford+refuses+hang+paddle/9855890/story.html|url-status=dead}}

References

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  • {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
  • [http://www.davidford.ca/ Official website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011311/http://www.realchampions.ca/athletes/davidford Real Champions profile]
  • {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/david-ford-1.html |title=David Ford |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223201325/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/david-ford-1.html |archivedate=2010-02-23 }}

{{Footer World Champions Canoe Slalom K-1 Men}}

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Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Canadian male canoeists

Category:Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Category:Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic canoeists for Canada

Category:Sportspeople from Edmonton

Category:Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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